The following mail was sent to me, but seems more appropriate for the
list at large. I advised the author that I have forwarded it.
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Lee:
I recently ran across the Wikipedia. Good luck to you. Its a
worthwhile
project. It also encompasses what I've been doing -- on a much finer
scale -- in the vertebrate paleontology area. I will try to remember
to
write Wik articles as I work on my site, but I'll probably forget.
Besides,
its hard work. The Wikipedia is written at a generalist level, and
I'd have
to change the approach completely. I thought I'd at least point out
that my
site is expressly placed in the public domain (except for most
images --
you can use the really bad ones I did myself if you dare!), is
moderately
well regarded, and parts are suitable for copying or incorporation
into
your project. I suspect the Glossary (beginning at
http://home.houston.rr.com/vnotes/glossary.html) and the Bones essays
(beginning at
http://home.houston.rr.com/vnotes/Bones/Bones.html)
would be
most suitable.
Unrelated request: I have a friend with a much more suitable site who
is
running into trouble because he gets too many hits. His ISP is getting
annoyed. Would you be interested in contacting him and perhaps
working
something out? His format is a lot more compatible with the
Wikipedia than
mine. I don't know what your arrangements are, but you seem not to be
worried about bandwidth. A thought, anyway.
--Toby White
The Vertebrate Notes at:
http://home.houston.rr.com/vnotes/index.html
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